New weebly.com Web Page

For my CST300 Lab I have uploaded the final stages of my weebly.com web page. It will currently have all the updated information including an up to date ILP, a couple of my research papers I completed during that course and a sample capstone project proposal. Here is the link. Also there is a link at the top of that web page to bring you back to this blog.

SMART Degree Goal

My goal while attending CSUMB is attain a BS in Computer Science and Information Technology with a concentration in software engineering. Currently my expected graduation period is set for the spring of 2015, with everything including working full, is very much possible. Along with getting an education about the different programming languages, I hope to create better time management for myself and learn how to be a better problem solver.

10/25/2012

Today we talked about how make an effective presentations through the use of different methods. The first method of having a good presentation is being able to convey a message that relates to the audience. This way the audience will be paying more attention to the words that you are saying and feel like they can understand the the topic being presented. Also, get the audience involved through asking questions or creating some sort of dialog in order to make the audience feel as though they are not being lectured about the topic. Another point that was brought up was to give acknowledgment to the people that helped during the creation of the presentation. After talking about ways to make a presentation more engaging, we learned how to develop skill to avoid being nervous while presenting. The ones that stuck out to me were to believe in the message that you are trying to convey because I think that if a person is to give a presentation about a topic it has to have meaning to them. Another way to make it so that a person is not nervous during a presentation is to practice the material before hand. The reason behind this is to avoid over thinking the the presentation and forgetting the material while in the middle of describing vital points.

10/18/2012

Leslie Kern was our quest speaker and she talked about how internships can build up our resumes and how the we can gain experience in the field that we are studying for in the hopes of started a potential career. Also, she mentioned that sometimes students who have interned at a certain business they are more likely to be hired by them once they have finished their education. Another aspect that she mentioned was how we can use the experience we gain through the internship to decide if that is the field that we want to enter after graduation. Leslie Kern went on to say that even though this is a small sacrifice interns of time in the long term it will pay off.

Project Management

The most important aspects of project management include being on time and meeting deadlines, meeting the requirements that are setup, and not allowing for the project to be over budget.

Project management is crucial because it allows everyone in the group to have a clear idea about what is expected from them as they participate in the discussions. This also is a way to prioritize which aspects of the project are more important and should be more focuses on, such as topics that have more detail than others. Another part about project management is being in a team that is likely to work well with each other and are going to work together to get the project done in a timely fashion.

Lecture 09/27/2012

For the first activity I did not score well because I lack the ability to set goals and being able to prioritize activities for myself to accomplish a certain task. A possible way to correct this inability is to first set smaller goals that are designed to help me accomplish my larger goals. Such as creating a to-do list that contains an activity like reading a book, or obtain some information, that relates to the my career goals. This may include asking the faculty at CSUMB or reading various books.

Here is my new to-do list that I am going to attempt at following for the rest of the semester and hopefully stay on this schedule for the rest of my time at CSUMB

Today in class Kevin Cahill came in to introduce himself and talked brielfy about his accomplishments. He also gave information about the types of classes he teaches. Followed by how this will be his last year as a capstone advisor.

The next person to present today was Dr. YoungJoon Byun. He is the current ILP advisor for Software engineering. He talked about the projects he has worked on in the past, which include:

• P2P communication over Ad-Hoc Networks
• California Wireless Coverage and Bandwidth

Online Study Assignment

These are my studying skills and score interpretation from the mindtools.com website. Although it says that I am managing my time effectively, I realize that I will have to manage my time better in order to have a successful college experience while attending CSUMB.